A Predator on a homebound spacecraft has a baby alien/Predator hybrid burst from his ... more
chest, causing the ship to crash in the Colorado woods. Several facehugger specimens escape, planting eggs down the throats of a hunter and his son. The dead Predator's home planet receives a transmission of the alien outbreak, and a fellow denizen of his world is dispatched to clean up the multiplying aliens.
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Science Fiction - Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga - Original Language: Japanese - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Ayako Kawasumi, Fujiko Takimoto
A truly horrible movie on all accounts, this could quite easily fool people into thinking that the first AVP was actually quite decent.
Continuing immediately after the first film, the "Predalien" crash-lands its ship on Earth and goes on the hunt for human and Xenomorph blood.
AVP2 is basically a crappy teenage horror flick with aliens and predators thrown into the mix. Gone is the PG rating of the previous movie; this time we see a young boy being facially raped by a parasitoid, and, later, a pregnant woman's belly expanding after being injected with a triple of alien babies. That's not exhilarating; rather, it's bloody disgusting (and this is coming from a man who adores violence).
With characters so annoying that we don't really give a damn about their fate (one is actually called "Dallas", in a pathetic attempt to echo ...
Advantages: Read the above Disadvantages: I couldn't find any
Ever since I heard this game was being made, I knew I had to have it. Why? For several reasons actually. First, I am a huge fan of both Predator movies and of the first two Alien movies. Plus, I am a fan of the Alien versus Predator comics (they had some excellent story lines). But most importantly, Alien versus Predator was the game to get me into FPSs. See, at the time that FPSs were really becoming popular, it was due to a game named Doom. I didn't have a computer at the time, and I had only played Doom once, so I really didn't know what I was missing out on. Then I got the Jaguar (R.I.P.) and all that changed. When I first played AvP, I found a game that not only gave you variety, but also a true sense of the movies. Now, almost six years later, AvP hits the computer, courtesy of the same people who brought us the Jaguar version ...
Advantages: Most amazing one player game ever seen. Stunning soundtrack, and movie like action. Disadvantages: Very dark, need high spec pc to enjoy. Multiplayer not superb.
I have played many games, and I have to say that AvP is a great game!
The first thing that struck me when I installed this game was the intro. Graphics looked like a movie intro and the soundtrack sent shivers down my spine! The menu looked daunting but i continued. Thankfully, as a tweaker the first option I went for was options! AvP automatically detects your cards DirectX driver and displays all the available video modes. There are several detail and sound options too and the control menu has a Quake/HL style customability. This means I can set my controls perfectly.
When I finally got into the game I went straight for marine. The story line was thorough and the motion detector and dark atmosphere had me on the edge of my seat. On occasions I would be scared half to death from an alien jumping down from an air duct to ...
A Predator on a homebound spacecraft has a baby alien/Predator hybrid burst from his chest, causing the ship to crash in the Colorado woods. Several facehugger specimens escape, planting eggs down the throats of a hunter and his son. The dead Predator's home planet receives a transmission of the alien outbreak, and a fellow denizen of his world is dispatched to clean up the multiplying aliens.
Release details
DVD Region
Blu-ray
Studio(s)
20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Professional reviews
Review
It may not be classic sci-fi like the original Alien, which it has in its DNA, but it's a perfectly respectable next step in the series (New York Times, 13/02/2008)
[T]he filmmakers reveal a cheeky willingness to upend genre conventions, particularly when bending the rules regarding who lives and who dies in this sort of pic (Variety, 13/02/2008)
DVD Description
ALIEN VS PREDATOR relegated its intergalactic grudge match to Antarctica, keeping most of humankind gleefully ignorant. This time around, though, the destruction takes place in suburban America and facehuggers, alien hybrids, and the dreadlocked Predator wreak havoc. Directors Colin and Greg Strause (billed as 'The Brothers Strause') use their visual effects backgrounds to create a steady stream of monsters, gore, and goo. Picking up where AVP ended, REQUIEM sees Predator on a homebound spacecraft when a baby alien/Predator hybrid bursts from his chest, causing the ship to crash in the Colorado woods. Several facehugger specimens escape, planting eggs down the throats of a hunter and his son. Soon, baby aliens emerge from their bodies and head for town, where ex-con Dallas (Steven Pasquale), Iraq War vet Kelly (Reiko Aylesworth), pizza delivery boy Ricky (Johnny Lewis), high school heartthrob Jesse (Kristen Hager), and sheriff Morales (John Ortiz) have their own separate encounters with the creatures. The dead Predator's home planet receives a transmission of the alien outbreak, and a fellow denizen of his world is dispatched to clean up the multiplying aliens, eventually causing enough death and destruction for government intervention. Fans of the comic books and videogames will appreciate the Strauses' adherence to the lore of the series, but others will probably just find thrills in the copious special effects, which are frequent and of a high standard.
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